CentralPlaza Lardprao

Central Plaza Lardprao is a shopping mall on Phahonyothin Road at the end of Lat Phrao Road in Chatuchak district, Bangkok. The mall opened in 1982 and was the first shopping mall of Central Group, Thailand's largest retail corporation.

Overview
The mall has a total of seven floors with a basement floor included. On the top floor is a food court selling different types of food from Thai food to international food. Further, there are international food restaurants as McDonald's and Starbucks. The shopping mall and Sofitel CentralPlaza complex also houses
Bangkok's first convention center. The hotel features more than 600 rooms and six restaurants. In front of the mall is an outdoor market selling such items inexpensive watches and clothes.

Central Plaza Lardprao is the largest source of income for the Central Group, accounting for 27% of its revenues in 2004.[3] Plans have been made to expand the mall, with Central wants to buy Hor Wang high school next to the mall with a 23 rai plot of land.[4] The mall is built on land leased by Central from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), and the lease has been the subject of disputes.[5]